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  "version": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-03-02",
  "person": {
    "name": "Gökhan Turhan",
    "title": "Full-spectrum growth operator",
    "tagline": "Full-spectrum growth operator across fintech infrastructure, AI-native tooling, and tokenized markets. Builds websites, prototypes, content, and growth engines, with code, not just slide decks.",
    "contact": {
      "location": "İstanbul, Türkiye",
      "email": "mailto:gokhan@gokhanturhan.com",
      "website": "https://gokhanturhan.com/",
      "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/goekhanturhan",
      "x": "https://x.com/goekhan",
      "github": "https://github.com/avalidurl",
      "substack": "https://gokhan.substack.com/"
    }
  },
  "profile": [
    "Growth and business development operator focused on building growth engines that compound distribution, conversion, and revenue. I run end-to-end systems across performance marketing, partnership development, CRM orchestration, and experimentation to move quickly from strategy to measurable outcomes.",
    "My operating model blends AI-native execution with channel-specific creative, analytics instrumentation, and rapid iteration loops across paid, owned, and earned media. I specialize in memetic viral social engineering: message architecture, platform-native storytelling, and feedback-driven campaign scaling that improves both reach and unit economics.",
    "I am proactive by default, with taste in art, classical and jazz music, a serious home-chef practice, and a consistent training-and-sports discipline."
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "role": "Head of Growth & Marketing",
      "organization": "Kingpost.io + Quake Cash",
      "start": "Sep 2024",
      "end": "Aug 2025",
      "highlights": [
        "Led growth strategy across a hybrid fintech product spanning custodial RWA issuance and DeFi-native perpetual markets.",
        "Built GTM positioning, CRM pipelines (HubSpot), partnership funnels, and content-driven acquisition using AI-assisted workflows.",
        "Operated across product, BD, marketing, and social media, connective tissue between technical teams and market execution.",
        "Prototyped internal tools, landing pages, and documentation using Claude Code, Cursor, and Figma."
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "Independent Researcher & Advisor",
      "organization": "Freelance",
      "location": "İstanbul",
      "start": "Jan 2020",
      "end": "Oct 2024",
      "highlights": [
        "Published research on DeFi protocol mechanics, tokenization frameworks, and distributed systems governance.",
        "Advisory engagements across fintech and deep-tech verticals on product positioning, org design, and market entry.",
        "Technical copywriting, documentation, and newsletter production for protocol and infrastructure clients."
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "Content Specialist & Client Success",
      "organization": "GoDaddy Türkiye (via Artı İletişim) & MCAN Health",
      "location": "İstanbul",
      "start": "2019",
      "end": "2020",
      "highlights": [
        "Content strategy, copywriting, and customer success across health tourism and domain services markets."
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "NGO Volunteer & Contributor",
      "organization": "Helsinki Citizens' Assembly",
      "location": "İstanbul",
      "start": "2009",
      "end": "2017",
      "highlights": [
        "Long-term civic engagement in human rights advocacy, cross-cultural dialogue, and community organizing."
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "English Language Instructor",
      "organization": "İstanbul Nişantaşı Üniversitesi & Çanakkale 18 Mart Üniversitesi",
      "start": "2013",
      "end": "2016",
      "highlights": [
        "University-level EFL/ESL instruction; curriculum development and cross-cultural communication."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "degree": "M.A. Comparative Literature",
      "honors": "Top of Class",
      "years": "2014–2017",
      "school": "İstanbul Bilgi University",
      "detail": "Thesis: \"The Importance and Function of Media Laboratories for the Preservation of Works of Digital and Electronic Literature\"",
      "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=EgZE838AAAAJ&citation_for_view=EgZE838AAAAJ:W7OEmFMy1HYC",
      "linkLabel": "Google Scholar"
    },
    {
      "degree": "B.A. American Culture & Literature",
      "years": "2006–2012",
      "school": "Bahçeşehir University"
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    "Published author and exhibited conceptual artist.",
    "\"On the Hyperstitional Implications of Memes as Digital Objects in Turkey\""
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "category": "AI tooling",
      "items": [
        "Code & Dev: ChatGPT / Codex CLI · Claude Code · Cursor · OpenCode · Jules",
        "AI Platforms: Google AI Studio · Hugging Face · Gemini · Grok · Antigravity",
        "Rapid Builders: Lovable · Bolt",
        "Voice & Creative AI: Whispr · Suno"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Fintech domain",
      "items": [
        "RWA Tokenization (Custodial & Non-Custodial)",
        "Perpetuals · AMMs · Stablecoins",
        "Hybrid Fintech Architecture",
        "TradingView · PineScript"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Technical literacy",
      "items": [
        "Languages (read / review / pair): Solidity · Rust · Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Ruby on Rails · PineScript",
        "Frameworks & Runtimes: Node.js · React · Next.js · Jupyter Notebook",
        "VMs & Chains: EVM · SVM · BTC Core",
        "Web & Infrastructure: Cloudflare · Vercel · WordPress"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Creative & production",
      "items": [
        "Adobe Creative Suite · Figma · Final Cut Pro · CapCut · Logic Pro · Ableton Live",
        "Podcast & Video Production · Conceptual Art Practice"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Growth & operations",
      "items": [
        "CRM: HubSpot · Salesforce · Pipedrive · Close · Zoho CRM",
        "Ops & Productivity: Notion · Airtable · Office 365 · Linear",
        "Project Management: Jira · Asana · Monday · Trello · Basecamp",
        "Analytics & Measurement: Mixpanel · Google Analytics · PostHog",
        "Knowledge Systems: Obsidian · Roam Research"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Social & distribution",
      "items": [
        "Mainstream: LinkedIn · X · TikTok · Facebook · Instagram",
        "Social Analytics: Circleboom · Sprout",
        "Web3 & Decentralized: Farcaster · Lens · Bluesky",
        "Publishing & Newsletters: Substack · Ghost · Beehiiv · Paragraph",
        "Alt Networks: Truth Social · Gab",
        "Messaging & Email: Telegram · E-mail Marketing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "category": "Writing & content",
      "items": [
        "Technical Copywriting · Documentation & API Specs",
        "Newsletters · Blogging · Website Content & SEO"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "name": "Turkish",
      "level": "Native"
    },
    {
      "name": "English",
      "level": "IELTS 8/9"
    },
    {
      "name": "Japanese",
      "level": "Elementary"
    }
  ],
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